http://ftamproductions.com/Ghost 0.8Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:55:01 GMT60Just in time for our upcoming tour, Raffle House has shirts and tapes! As long as you order them BY SATURDAY MORNING I will mail them right to your door step! Here's all the new info below:

]]>http://ftamproductions.com/now-available-raffle-house-tape-shirt/3db2615d-24c4-4f69-ba46-87b801dfc8f2Wed, 19 Jul 2017 01:02:07 GMTJust in time for our upcoming tour, Raffle House has shirts and tapes! As long as you order them BY SATURDAY MORNING I will mail them right to your door step! Here's all the new info below:

Mixing elements of first wave post-rock, math rock, noise rock and emo, Raffle House could very easily be considered a throwback to the midwest indie scene from the mid-90's. And that's ok, because they unabashedly define themselves as such anyways. Heavy, interlocking polyrhythms play against downtrodden melodies and sparse vocals to create intricately defined but surprisingly catchy songs (despite the odds). Featuring members of Galactic Cannibal, Statures, Living and Wrestling, Mountain Language, and others.

The tape isn't out, but the first review of Raffle House's "Collected Discography: 1983-2017" is already in. Bottomed Out think its one of the best albums of the year so far. So read the review and grip the tape later this week.

The tape isn't out, but the first review of Raffle House's "Collected Discography: 1983-2017" is already in. Bottomed Out think its one of the best albums of the year so far. So read the review and grip the tape later this week.

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Hello everyone!

So first and foremost, go to the show listed above. Bound to be a doozy, and not just because I am playing. Full event details can be found here.

Next, I am also now on instagram! If you want another way to get bugged and annoyed by constant

So first and foremost, go to the show listed above. Bound to be a doozy, and not just because I am playing. Full event details can be found here.

Next, I am also now on instagram! If you want another way to get bugged and annoyed by constant reminders of things I am doing, go ahead and follow me @ftamproductions. I'm also on Facebook and Twitter if that is more your style.

Ok, cool. Bye.

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I occasionally use this page to promote music I have had no hand in making or distributing. I write reviews of works I find highly inspiring and incredibly valuable in current experimental music. This is one of those reviews.

I occasionally use this page to promote music I have had no hand in making or distributing. I write reviews of works I find highly inspiring and incredibly valuable in current experimental music. This is one of those reviews.

AARON DILLOWAY- THE GAG FILE

What is it with noise artists jacking the tape murk of early-2000’s eastern michigan all of a sudden? It may just be the sample size I have explored, but I feel like about half of the new projects I have heard in the past three years have built their entire aesthetic on cassette loops and slowed down vocal samples with a heavy dose of tape hiss laid over the top. Not that this is necessarily bad: some of the acts coming out of this trend have been remarkable. Still, a host of these acts seem like they fall back on that sound as a default rather than using this approach as a means towards a greater end.

So what separates the good from the bad? The Gag File by Aaron Dilloway, the newest album from one of the MI OG’s, provides an answer. On a first pass, the novelty of this record may go unnoticed as the sounds are classic Dilloway throughout: the minimal synths on “Ghost” and “Shot Nerves” that bookend the album would sit comfortably on most Spine Scavenger releases; “Inhuman Form Reflected”’s dissociated samples breed the same terror that listeners have come to expect; and the warbled vocals on “Karaoke with Carl” have the artist’s signature written all over it. There is even a healthy dose of Dilloway’s contemporaries creeping in. The end of “Inhuman Form Reflected,” for examples, sounds like it came straight from a Schimpfluch-Gruppe performance.

That being said, there is something distinct lurking beneath the surface that leaves an unsettled feeling throughout. A taste of unease that immediately generates a sense of tension that doesn’t leave until the record ends. While the sounds themselves definitely help this effort, I don’t think they do the heavy lifting. I’ve heard a lot of other artists doing their best Dilloway impressions and I have never felt this off kilter.

I would argue that The Gag File’s structure and sense of composition, both in terms of the individual tracks and the album as a whole, generate this effect. Every second of the listening experience turns into a multi-faceted guessing game. Any section or sound could last for any length of time and the listener has no idea what will happen around the next turn. “No Eye Sockets- for Otto & Sindy” exemplifies this aspect: after setting the scene with five tracks of dense yet minimal collage, Dilloway lays out a mostly unaffected, four and a half minute field recording of some random party. There’s no way to know this is coming, no way to know when it will end, and definitely no way of knowing why it’s there in the first place. And when the breakneck rhythm of “Switch” starts right after, it jerks you back into the exact same game.

This, above anything, sets Dilloway into his own class as a performer. Years after releasing his first album and hours spent honing a highly specific sound, the artist manages to keep listeners guessing. It’s one of the perks of being an OG: while other artists may spend all of their time trying to sound like you, you already sound like yourself. So the OG can spend all of their time thinking about other things, like how to keep audiences compelled and scratching their heads, despite playing music that may sound incredibly familiar.

So my first wave post-rock/math rock/noise rock/emo band Raffle House with my lil' bro Max Woods and my main dude Joe Donohue has our first (and probably only) tape coming out at the end of next month (7/21 to be specific)! And I also figured

So my first wave post-rock/math rock/noise rock/emo band Raffle House with my lil' bro Max Woods and my main dude Joe Donohue has our first (and probably only) tape coming out at the end of next month (7/21 to be specific)! And I also figured out how to do a pre-order thing on Bandcamp, so if you want to reserve a copy you can.

Didn't get a chance to update this site before I left, but I have added two more shows to the FTAM summer line up (sounds kinda official, huh?). Both of them are bound to be absolute ragers, so make sure you can swing by. Here are the details-

Didn't get a chance to update this site before I left, but I have added two more shows to the FTAM summer line up (sounds kinda official, huh?). Both of them are bound to be absolute ragers, so make sure you can swing by. Here are the details-

]]>Got my act together and decided to drop these new tapes a bit early! Heads up on both of these- if you want me to mail them right away then order now. I will be on tour from 5/25-6/3, so any orders in that time will not be]]>http://ftamproductions.com/out-now-early-the-rita-breaking-the-will-dan-of-earth-more/c375dddf-1cca-4d16-b7e9-65bdc17fa2e1Tue, 16 May 2017 14:13:28 GMTGot my act together and decided to drop these new tapes a bit early! Heads up on both of these- if you want me to mail them right away then order now. I will be on tour from 5/25-6/3, so any orders in that time will not be sent until at least the 4th.

From it’s onset, hardcore has served an important artistic purpose: giving a means and a voice to those that want to turn back on the status quo and violently scream their objections. I’ve personally seen noise as another artform that shares this purpose: where hardcore focuses on political processes, noise shifts towards artistic and aesthetic status quos. “X Means Not Welcome” aims to bridge the two allowing space for artists to rail against an acceptance of drug use as the norm through highly antagonistic sounds. From The Rita’s signature brand of harsh noise wall to Breaking the Will’s cut up mastery, the glitched out assault from Flesh Trade, and the suffocating drones of Writhe, this comp brings four distinct approaches to the same goal: shaming people into thinking that drugs are dumb. I’m biased, but I think it’s a compelling argument.

A few months back, my friend Dan Schierl (of Dan of Earth inventor of the Bibletron line of synths) posted a picture of a thank you note he got from his friend Lu. The note included a drawing of a capybara (one of Dan’s favorite animals) wearing a tie with the moon in the background, Dan of Earth in an off-kilter font, and the phrase “Thanks for the Pickles- Lu” written at the bottom. I told Dan that if he let me use that image I would put a tape out for him and here we are. Two slabs of static harsh noise created with unaffected bibletrons. Side A pulls from the tradition of HNW and Side B treads into a no input mixer aesthetic. Pretty classic “noise tape,” ya know?

Hey, so you want both tapes? Well but them together and save a few bucks.

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SALE #2
The "Dan of Earth is Awesome" Bundle

FTAM has released a bunch of stuff from Dan Schierl of Dan of Earth. Get all of it at the same time. This means you're picking up the new Dan of Earth tape, 1 LOT tape, 5 Phoned Nil Trio Tapes, 1 Phoned Nil Trio double 3" cdr and the out of print Dan of Earth 3" cdr if I can find it.

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SALE #3
The "xIxLOVExHARSHxNOISEx" Bundle

All of the straight edge stuff I have left in the catalogue. The new X Means Not Welcome comp, two xALLxFORxTHISx tapes, the Plague Mother tape, the Peter J. Woods tape + 3" cdr, and the Blessed Sacrifist 3" cdr.

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So it's not quite done yet, but the new Raffle House tape is being mixed as we speak! You can hear two almost completely done mixes here.

On top of that, we are planning on hitting the road in July/August and need help with some dates. Check

]]>http://ftamproductions.com/ftam-summer-batch-2017-out-on-6-12/07ae334b-3233-4318-87a6-e597bdfbdfb5Thu, 04 May 2017 19:22:21 GMTHello everyone! Very happy to announce that FTAM should have a brand new batch out very soon featuring the following tapes

A lot is happening in Milwaukee in the next few weeks! Check out what's going down:

Friday, APRIL 21st at High Dive from 8:00 PM until ClosePunks Want Nice Things (For Other People Who Deserve Them)

A rock and roll show benefitting the amazing MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary featuring Gauss, Raffle House, Kate Moths, Beach Burial, and Lilyan. The show is free, but donations will be collected for the cause. More info can be found here.

SUNDAY, APRIL 22nd at 7:00 PMLive Interview on 91.7 FM WMSE

Tune in to hear Peter talk about the next Experimental Education Series performance and workshop, including new/unreleased music from our featured performers- Large Item Pickup.

Saturday, May 6th at the Jazz Gallery Center for the ArtsThe Experimental Education Series presents Large Item PickupWorkshop- 4:00//Concert- 8:00

The next in our series of events that aim to reach out to those curious about experimental music while amplifying female voices in the experimental performance world. Large Item Pickup (the duo of Bianca Naves and Erik Montgomery from Toledo, OH) will be hosting a hands on workshop discussing their process and will be joined for a performance that night by Temper, Apollo Vermouth, and Myrrh. More info can be found here.

]]>Pretty excited to announce that I will be on the road with Climax Denial and Plagues for a little over a week at the very beginning of summer. FTAM Distro will be in tow. Here are the details, as of right now:

CLIMAX DENIAL::PLAGUES::PETER J. WOODS
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]]>http://ftamproductions.com/ftam-shows-in-milwaukee-april-june/7c37ade6-6dee-48a6-9854-032af17c3c2bThu, 23 Mar 2017 21:25:27 GMTWell, spring is here, which means I start setting up a ridiculous amount of shows. Here is what's happening locally from now until the end of June (with Facebook event links!):